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TRT World Published on Sep 29, 2018Israel wants to connect two illegal settlements on Palestinian land with hundreds of new buildings. The problem is, there’s a Palestinian village in the way. Here’s what you need to know about Khan al Ahmar, the village in the middle of it all. #khanalahmar#bedouinvillage#israel#palestine

Israel’s Planned Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar Village War Crime: Amnesty Internationalby https://www.presstv.com/Amnesty International has censured Israel’s plans to demolish a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank and forcibly transfer its residents as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land expropriation policies in the occupied territories irrespective of great international outcry.–“After nearly a decade of trying to fight the injustice of this demolition, the residents of Khan al-Ahmar now approach the devastating day when they will see their home of generations torn down before their eyes,” Saleh Higazi, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said.–He added, “This act is not only heartless and discriminatory; it is illegal. The forcible transfer of the Khan al-Ahmar community amounts to a war crime. Israel must end its policy of destroying Palestinians’ homes and livelihoods to make way for settlements.” –Some 180 residents of Khan-al Ahmar village face being forcibly evicted and transferred by the Israeli army.–Israeli authorities have reportedly offered the villagers a choice of two possible destinations: a site near the former Jerusalem al-Quds municipal garbage dump, near the village of Abu Dis, or a site in the vicinity of a sewage plant close to the city of Ariha (Jericho).–Israel’s Supreme Court has twice ruled in favor of demolishing the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar, first on May 24 and again on September 5 this year.–The demolition order includes the village’s school, which is constructed from rubber tires and provides education for some 170 children from five different Bedouin communities. –Israeli officials allege that Palestinian structures there have been built without the relevant building permits and pose a threat to residents because of their proximity to a highway.–read more.

Revelation 2:9 – …. and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

ITM Trading Streamed live 5 hours agoQuestion 1: I’ve read that one of the reasons we haven’t experienced hyperinflation is because the banks have placed QE reserves they received at the Central Bank where they are receiving more interest $ than they could in other instruments. I have heard Lynette say that the banks have no reserves; they have either lent them all out or distributed them to executive compensation or buybacks. So which is correct? Question 2: My question is that if the Fed can create currency with the click of their mouse, are they, or why aren’t they creating money and buying physical gold? It would essentially be buying insurance for free. Question 3: Do you think it would make sense for the US to return to a gold standard and why/why not? Question 4: IF the US was to default on its China debt, would that in itself constitute a trigger event for the banks?

Mauldin Warns: Trump Might End US Hegemonyby John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com, via https://www.zerohedge.com/With all the trade war talk, we all ask the obvious question: Who will win? President Trump says the US will win. Chinese business leaders say no, we will win. Free-traders on both sides say no one will win. Few stop to ask, “What does a ‘win’ look like?”
–This makes discussion difficult. People are chasing after a condition they can’t even define. Victory will remain elusive until they know what they want. Regardless, you can score me on the “no one wins” side. I believe, and I think a lot of evidence proves, that free trade between nations is the best way to maximize long-run prosperity for everyone.–However… As Keynes famously said, we’re all dead in the long run. Trade war may end with no winners, but the parties will be better and worse off at various times as it progresses. So we have to distinguish between “winning” and “holding a temporary lead.”–On that basis, I think the US will have the upper hand initially, and could hold it for a year or two. This is because, for now, our economy is relatively strong and we can better withstand any Chinese retaliation. Beyond that point I think our current policies will begin to backfire, maybe spectacularly.–read more.

nemesis maturity Published on Oct 3, 2018The October Draconids is an established meteor shower that occurs annually around the 9th of October. The shower was linked in 1926 to the Jupiter-family comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, known to evolve on a perturbed and “erratic” orbit. Although the annual activity of the shower is usually low (a few visual meteors per hour), the Draconids produce episodic outbursts (e.g. in 1985, 1998, 2005 and 2011) and meteor storms. In 1933 and 1946, the Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR) of the shower reached a level of around ten thousand meteors per hour. In 2012, a completely unexpected Draconid storm was detected by the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR), with an equivalent ZHR reaching 9000 meteors per hour. –The irregularity of these shower displays, caused in large part by the frequent perturbations experienced by the orbit of the comet parent, make the October Draconids among the most challenging meteor showers to predict. The predicted path of the Earth through the debris streams of comet 21P/Giacobini-Ziner is favorable for a major storm, similar to what has been seen in previous years. Some experts predict low Draconid activity, with a maximum of less than a few tens of meteors per hour around 8th to 9th of October. At the L1 and L2 Lagrange points, however, the flux estimates suggest a “meteoroid storm.” –Some reports say NASA is even considering the potential risk of damage to the Discover spacecraft and other satellites due to meteor impacts. The L1 region hosts a significant number of active spacecraft (e.g. SOHO, ACE, GGS and DSCOVR) that might be impacted by meteoroids released by the comet in 1946. The meteroid flux around the ESA’s Gaia spacecraft, orbiting around the L2 region, is particularly significant. The satellite risks to be impacted by large Draconid meteoroids, travelling with a velocity of about 20 km/s. Mission operators at the European Space Agency say they will command the spacecraft to rotate and shield itself to avoid any damage. https://www.newscientist.com/article/…–Get ready for a spectacular night sky light show! Even for a major outburst of shooting stars. The Draconids will be most visible between sunset and midnight when the constellation Draco is at its highest point. The shower will appear brighter in darker locations, so stargazers are advised to travel to the countryside for the best views. –THE DRACONID METEOROID STREAM 2018: PROSPECTS FOR SATELLITE IMPACT DETECTION https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.07393.pdf–“Meteor shower predictions: Future Draconid Outbursts” http://www.events.westernu.ca/events/…http://www.physics.uwo.ca/talks/Curre…–The Unexpected 2012 Draconid Meteor Storm https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.1733

Will the fulfillment of Revelation 12:3-9 be this year? You decide. I am still expecting/awaiting the giant meteor shower.
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Signs From Heaven Published on May 30, 2018Comet 21P is on track to cross the Earth’s path just three weeks ahead of our planet’s arrival on October 8, 2018. This has happened before! In 1933, it caused a meteor storm – warning Europe of Hitler’s rise to power. In 1946, it caused a second meteor storm – warning America of the rise of the United Nations and the One World Governmental System. It is about to cause a third, and final, meteor storm this year – and the threat it appears to be warning us about is too evil to even contemplate! See the Signs From Heaven Website:http://www.signsfromheaven.org/

Draco the Dragon ConstellationRevelation 12 New King James Version (NKJV) 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.Satan Thrown Out of Heaven7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them[a] in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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Draco the Dragon ConstellationRevelation 12 New King James Version (NKJV) 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth.Satan Thrown Out of Heaven7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them[a] in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

PressTV Published on Oct 3, 2018The United States has threatened Russia with a military strike after claiming that Moscow is developing banned cruise missiles. U-S ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison said Russia is building medium-range ballistic missiles in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. She said Washington remains committed to a diplomatic solution but it is ready to consider a military strike if Moscow doesn’t halt its activity. The Russian Foreign Ministry slammed the U-S envoy’s remarks as aggressive and destructive. It added that Washington will get a detailed response from Moscow’s military experts. The U-S claims Russia is developing a ground-launched system in breach of a Cold War treaty that allows Russia to launch a nuclear strike on Europe, but Moscow has strongly denied the allegation.

PressTV Published on Oct 3, 2018The International Atomic Energy Agency has turned down a call by Israeli Prime Minister to inspect what he claims to be a secret nuclear facility in Iran. I-A-E-A Director General, Yukiya Amano, has said in a statement that the agency inspects sites and locations ONLY when needed. He noted that the agency’s independence is of paramount importance and it does not take intelligence presented to it at face value. Amano’s comments come days after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Iran of having a secret atomic warehouse near the capital Tehran and called on the I-A-E-A to it. Tehran has denied the allegation as baseless. The I-A-E-A carries out verification of Iran’s atomic commitments under the country’s nuclear deal with world powers.

“The reason Iran doesn’t have a bomb is because they don’t want it. They could have built a bomb.” – Buchanan
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Pat Buchanan Blasts Bibi: He’s “Been Crying Wolf For Decades” About Iranby Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s powerpoint presentation Monday evening – allegedly demonstrating captured evidence, documents, and computer disks, showing a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program much more advanced and ambitious than the Iranian government publicly admits existed – Pat Buchanan joined Sean Hannity on his show to discuss the reality behind Bibi’s warning.–As RealClearPolitics’ Tim Hains reports, Buchanan pulled no punches in his criticism, exclaiming that the Israeli PM has been “crying wolf for decades” about Iran and that “Bibi Netanyahu, with due respect, wants the United States to fight a war with Iran on Israel’s behalf.”–“I don’t want my country getting into another war,” Buchanan said about Netanyahu’s revelation. “The reason Iran doesn’t have a bomb is because they don’t want it. They could have built a bomb.”–“Tell the IAEA to go in and either confirm or deny what Netanyahu said. “Don’t rely on him. Rely on our CIA coming out and saying, ‘We were wrong, Netanyahu is right, they have a secret atomic bomb program and they’re working on it right now and they have been and we were lied to.‘“–“If the CIA and DIA do that, I would say first to fire the guys in charge who didn’t cover it. And second, maybe we should act, but certainly not act on second-hand documents and a press conference from Bibi Netanyahu.”–
“What are we going to do, rely on a press conference from Bibi Netanyahu to go to war?”
–And Buchanan is not alone in his disdain for Bibi’s historic warmongering and lies.

“Iran doesn’t frighten me and I don’t think it should frighten the American people. They don’t have a bomb. They haven’t made a decision to build one. They don’t have the means to deliver one. And the Israelis have 300 atomic bombs! I mean who presents the existential threat to whom?”– Pat Buchanan (7:58 onwards)

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Revelation 2:9 – …. and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s Nonexistent Nuclear Weapon: The Boy Who Cried Wolf!by SM Gibson, The Anti-Media, via http://www.globalresearch.ca/ In Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress today, he exclaimed, “Iran could soon be armed with intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs.” This declaration that Iran is close to obtaining a nuclear weapon is nothing new for the Prime Minister.–In 1992, Netanyahu, who was then a member of Israeli Parliament, said that Iran was only three to five years away from developing and securing nuclear arms. He also urged the United States to intervene to prevent such an occurrence from transpiring. Netanyahu stated that Iran’s race to obtain nuclear weapons needed to be “uprooted by an international front headed by the US.”–Iran did not acquire nuclear weapons within three to five years.–In his book, Fighting Terrorism — which was released in 1995 — Netanyahu wrote that Iran was “five to seven years at most” from possessing an operational nuclear facility. Seven years has come and gone, and yet Iran has still not accomplished this objective.–Netanyahu solicited the United States to become involved in Iran’s affairs once again in 1996. Speaking to the US Congress, the newly elected Prime Minister said, “the international community must reinvigorate its efforts to isolate [Iran], and prevent them from acquiring atomic power.” He then added, “Only the United States can lead this vital international effort to stop the nuclearization of terrorist states. But the deadline for attaining this goal is getting extremely close.”
–It has been 19 years since Netanyahu proclaimed that Iran’s goal of procuring atomic arms was “extremely close.” They still do not have these arms or even the capabilities to produce such weapons.–Netanyahu made this warning again in 2009. While speaking to a Congressional delegation visiting Israel, he complained that Iran’s “tentacles” were choking Israel. He also added, that according to “our experts”, Iran was only 1-2 years away from gaining nuclear devices.–2012’s assertion that Iran was on the cusp of becoming nuclear was possibly Netanyahu’s most hyperbolic and vehement to date. In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, he said “it’s only a few months, possibly a few weeks before they get enough enriched uranium for the first bomb.” He also went on at great length to paint Iran as the most menacing force on the planet. Phrases such as “world’s most dangerous terrorist regime” and “driven by a lust for violence” were used by Netanyahu to describe the Iranians.–The weeks and months that Netanyahu referred to in his UN oration have passed us by, and yet Iran has still not gained these nuclear armaments.–In opposition to the multitude of claims by the MIT graduate and Israeli Prime Minister, Reuters reported in 2012 that,–“The United States, European allies and even Israel generally agree on three things about Iran’s nuclear program: Tehran does not have a bomb, has not decided to build one, and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear warhead.”
–In fact, even the Mossad — Israel’s intelligence agency — contradicted and discredited Netanyahu’s claims in 2012. The intelligence group reported that Iran is “not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons”according to leaked documents.–In today’s speech, the Prime Minister — who also happens to receive over90% of his campaign funding from the United States — also voiced in his address to Congress that Iran was “gobbling up all the nations.” It should be noted that Iran, a nation that is by no means a beacon of freedom, has not actually invaded any nation — unless provoked — in modern times.–Given Netanyahu’s rhetoric over the past 20 years, if Iran were ever actually moments away from “going nuclear,” how could anyone believe him?

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Beware of all the lies and propaganda of the Zionist Illuminist western MSM !

PressTV Published on Oct 3, 2018Any attempt by the United States to take out Russian cruise missile systems would lead to a larger military confrontation between the two nuclear powers, says an analyst.

PressTV Published on Oct 3, 2018Russian President Vladimir Putin says the US president himself is to blame for the current high oil prices. Putin says interfering in market processes and trying to gain competitive advantages by using political tools is not the right way to regulate markets. He also warned the US over the dollar. Putin says Washington is making a colossal strategic mistake by underestimating the confidence in the dollar. He pointed to how Europeans are now thinking about a billing option in addition to the dollar which will undermine the green back.

Planet X? Mysterious Planet ‘The Goblin’ Redefines Solar Systemby Mac Slavo, October 2nd, 2018, SHTFplan.comThe discovery of a new dwarf planet called “The Goblin” is redefining our solar system. The planet’s massively elongated orbit suggests object is influenced by theoretical giant Planet Nine (Planet X) in the Oort Cloud region.–Planet X, an as-of-yet unseen world could be shaping the orbits of smaller, extremely distant objects like the newly described 2015 TG387, nicknamed “The Goblin.” The Goblin is likely spherical and about as wide as the state of Massachusetts. And much like a handful of other distant solar system inhabitants, its orbital behavior might signal the presence of Planet X lurking in the distant outer dominions of the solar system.–The Goblin is the third minor planet to have been found in the outer solar system, following the discoveries of Sedna and, recently, another object called 2012 VP113. This region, which was once thought of as a cold, dark, and empty realm now appears to be a rich collection of exotic and extreme objects. And these three planets may be just the beginning of the discoveries.–“We are only just now uncovering what the very outer solar system might look like and what might be out there,” said Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC and a member of the team which located The Goblin. “We believe there are thousands of dwarf planets in the distant solar system. We are just seeing the tip of the iceberg right now.”–Doomsayers have been warning of Planet X (or Wormwood, or Planet Nine) for years, however, most of their prophecies include a collision with Earth or a conspiracy to hide the planet’s existence from the public. But it appears that the discovery of The Goblin has even scientists wondering what else is out there beyond the far reaches of our solar system. “Every small object we find that is isolated like this will bring us closer to finding the planet,” said Scott Sheppard. Sheppard also reported the finding in a notice distributed by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, according toThe National Geographic. –read more.

After UN Top Court Rules In Favor Of Iran, Pompeo Terminates Decades-Old Treatyby Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/The drums of war are beating over Iran and Syria as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday morning responded to the United Nations’ top court ordering the US to lift sanctions on “humanitarian” goods to Iran. Pompeo made a series of threatening statements targeting Iran as well as Syria, which also comes after the latter received delivery of Russian S-300 anti-air defense missiles early this week.–Pompeo said in his State Department press briefing, “I’m announcing that the United States is terminating the 1955 treaty of amity with Iran. This is a decision that is 39 years over due.”–He was referencing a 1955 “friendship treaty” or so-called Treaty of Amity which had been established long before the 1979 Islamic Revolution brought the Ayatollahs to power. –read more.

Peter Schiff: Coming Financial Crisis Much Bigger than 2008. People Will Be Dumping Dollars & Buying Goldby Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.comMoney manager Peter Schiff was in a small group warning of a coming financial meltdown that happened in 2008. Schiff says, “I was kind of a fixture on financial cable TV giving these warnings. My thought was the bubble would burst, and I knew that it would. Once the housing bubble burst and we had this financial crisis, I knew it would follow along with the Great Recession. I thought the Federal Reserve would try the best it could to reflate the bubbles in the stock markets and housing markets. But my thought was that their efforts would fail. The markets would not allow it and that a dollar collapse would intervene and would prevent new debt from being issued to fully reflate those bubbles. I was actually wrong. They didn’t just try to reflate the bubbles, they actually succeeded in blowing them bigger than ever.”–Ten years later, Schiff is warning of another financial calamity bigger than the last one. Schiff says, “The problem is now we are on the precipice of a much bigger crisis than before. The next time, if they try to reflate those bubbles, which they will, it will be a spectacular failure because the markets are now prepared for the opposite. Everybody, right now, assumes the Fed is going to be able to keep raising rates. They assume they are going to shrink its balance sheet and that we have this booming economy that will never bust. When the Fed has to reverse course abruptly, acknowledge the underlying weakness that everybody has been oblivious to and they start cutting rates and launching another round of quantitative easing (money printing), I think the dollar is going to fall through the floor. I think the inflationary fires that are already burning pretty hot are going to ignite. It’s not going to be like 2008 where the dollar went up and consumer prices inched down a little bit. I think the dollar is going to tank and consumer prices are going to soar, and it’s going to be stagflation. When the markets get a whiff of that, they are not going to like the way it smells. It is going to create a dollar crisis. I think the Fed has put itself between a rock and a hard place. There is no way out this time. . . . This time, you really have to be positioned because this time is going to be the end of it. This is not going to be a hat trick or third time is a charm when it comes to reflating these bubbles.”–read more.

Trump Told Saudi King He Wouldn’t Last ‘2 Weeks’ Without US Supportby https://www.rt.com/The Saudi Arabian monarchy would fall “within two weeks” if it wasn’t for the military support that the US has provided to the Gulf kingdom over the decades, Donald Trump noted in graceless remarks to the King.–
“We protect Saudi Arabia,” Trump proclaimed at a rally in Southaven, Mississippi. “And I love the King, King Salman. But I said ‘King, we’re protecting you, you might not be there for two weeks without us. You have to pay for your military.’”
–While Trump failed to mention when the undiplomatic remarks were made to King Salman, it is known that the two leaders held a phone conversation on Saturday to discuss global oil supplies.–Trump has repeatedly vaunted the might of the US military and the country’s role as the “protector”. Time and again, he has urged NATO nations to contribute to the overall maintenance of the alliance, which is heavily dependent on US military and industrial spending. South Korea and Japan also have the US to thank for stability in the Asian region, according to Trump, who previously demanded increased payments from US allies to keep American bases in their countries.–read more.

RT Published on Oct 3, 2018Natural disasters continue to plague Indonesia, with the Mount Soputan volcano erupting on the island of Sulawesi just days after a devastating tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake, struck the island, killing hundreds. READ MORE:https://on.rt.com/9fn4

RT Published on Oct 3, 2018The US is withdrawing from the “optional protocol” in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, John Bolton has confirmed. He said it follows a case brought by Palestine, challenging the US embassy’s move to Jerusalem. READ MORE:https://on.rt.com/9fp3